Protest, Protect, Build with Satish Kumar

“Millions of people around the world are engaged in actions for change. For the want of a better name I call it the holistic environmental movement. I include the adjective ‘holistic’ to indicate that this global movement is and needs to be committed to enhancing the natural environment, the social environment and the spiritual environment.”

On the Road to COP, we look at the road to COP27 against a backdrop of rising urgency and optimism. In conversation with those on the frontline of the climate justice movement, we will be exploring the roadblocks to advancing climate justice, what is at stake, who is stepping up, and how everyone can join our journey towards a better future.

Here in our sixth installment, we speak with Eric Njuguna about participation, representation and the roadblocks ahead of COP27.

On the Road to COP, we look at the road to COP27 against a backdrop of rising urgency and optimism. In conversation with those on the frontline of the climate justice movement, we will be exploring the roadblocks to advancing climate justice, what is at stake, who is stepping up, and how everyone can join our journey towards a better future.

Here in our fifth instalment, we speak with Naomi Flores about inclusivity, diversity, and the roadblocks ahead of COP27

On the Road to COP, we look at the run up to COP27 against a backdrop of rising urgency and optimism. In conversation with those on the frontline of the climate justice movement, we will be exploring the roadblocks to advancing climate justice, what is at stake, who is stepping up, and how everyone can join our journey towards a better future.

Here in our fourth instalment, we speak with Jefferson Estela about loss and damage, and the Philippines response to the climate crisis.

On the Road to COP, we look at the road to COP27 against a backdrop of rising urgency and optimism. In conversation with those on the frontline of the climate justice movement, we will be exploring the roadblocks to advancing climate justice, what is at stake, who is stepping up, and how everyone can join our journey towards a better future.

Here in our third instalment, we speak with Ati Gunnawi Viviam Misslin Villafaña Izquierdo about inclusivity, diversity, and the roadblocks ahead of COP27

On the Road to COP, we look at the road to COP27 against a backdrop of rising urgency and optimism. In conversation with those on the frontline of the climate justice movement, we will be exploring the roadblocks to advancing climate justice, what is at stake, who is stepping up, and how everyone can join our journey towards a better future.

Here in our second instalment, we speak with Melissa Cáceres about inclusivity and diversity within climate discussion.

The role and impact of individual, collective, and systemic action is a conversation that continues to divide opinion when it comes to making effective change. Rather than seeing any of these types of actions as less or more beneficial than the others, let us think of them as intrinsic to one another.

On the Road to COP, we look at the road to COP27 against a backdrop of rising urgency and optimism. In conversation with those on the frontline of the climate justice movement, we will be exploring the roadblocks to advancing climate justice, what is at stake, who is stepping up, and how everyone can join our journey towards a better future. Here in our first instalment, we speak with Elijah McKenzie-Jackson and Jerome Foster II about inclusivity and diversity within climate discussion.

Is there such a thing as an ‘ethical bank’? What does this mean and what would it look like?

What your money did while you slept last night: Banks, fossil fuels, climate change, and dirty secrets.

You will often hear about climate justice policy for the United States, the European Union, and the United Kingdom such as the Green New Deal or the Green Recovery. But what does climate justice policy look like in Latin America and the Caribbean?

Created by Outspoken Narrative and Green Teenz RVA, this short documentary film discusses environmental racism in the context of Richmond, Virginia, U.S.A.

Speaking with community advocates, Jovanni and Brianne, this film looks at how environmental racism is impacting people on a daily basis, some of the underlying causes, and what Richmond’s Sustainability Office (and individuals) can do to help.

The idea of net zero at its core is about balance: a net zero world in theory is a world we’d want to live in. But reducing emissions is also a matter of climate justice.

Can goals of Net Zero by 2050 help us address the need to confront our growth-based economy? Or is this just another form of greenwashing?

In climate talks and global goals of emissions reduction, we often hear politicians congratulating themselves and their country for being climate leaders as their emissions fall. But behind this hot air lies a lesser-known phenomenon revealing the reality of many so-called emission cuts: carbon outsourcing.

If the transition to renewable energy is not a just transition, then it’s no transition at all but rather a continuation of exploitative systems.

In this film shared via InsightShare, we witness how green energy projects are threatening the livelihoods of communities on the shores of Lake Turkana, as local communities are being dispossessed of their land due to the expanding wind farm.

“Fossil fuel subsidies are paying for our own destruction.”

The burning of fossil fuels is one of the primary causes of global warming, yet a report from the International Monetary Fund recently claimed that the fossil fuel industry benefits from subsidies of $11m every minute. What are fossil fuel subsidies? Why do they exist? and how could we transition away from them?